COLOGNE, Germany — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off ...

The Carnival kick-off in Cologne traditionally attracts many 10,000 revelers from out of town. This year, heightened concerns after recent attacks in Munich and elsewhere have prompted added ...

Germany's largest Carnival parade on Shrove Monday, known in Germany as Rose Monday, kicked off in the western German city of Cologne on Monday morning. This year's festivities come amid a tense ...

The Cologne Carnival, which begins at the 11th minute of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, kicks off a months-long series of merrymaking events running through to Ash Wednesday the ...

The blue, quasi-military uniforms of Cologne’s Carnival corps, for example, were first worn in the early nineteenth century to mock Napoleon Bonaparte, whose troops occupied the banks of the Rhine.

The head of Cologne's Carnival period police operations, Martin Lotz, told the German Press Agency dpa that he also views the goal of such publicized threats to be to unsettle the population.

Sharon from Uganda, center, sways to music during a carnival lecture for beginners, held by Caritas with the aim to bring Cologne lifestyle and carnival basics closer to refugees in Cologne ...

Carnival is a lucrative event for Cologne, said Sommer, the tourism chief. But more importantly the city has an image to protect, he said.